And yeah, that sounds amazing. I guess no chance of the wonderful weirdos at XSeed or NISA picking it up or is that way "Sega" keeps getting mentioned because they don't do much at all?

Of course, now that I've said it, my inner pessimist is telling me that the whole Dragon MC is a smoke screen for the eventual typical JRPG idiot-hero harem-lead stealth-protagonist. Especially when I look at the "Dragon's" first and last name and think "Dragons typically don't have a first and last name." (also, its a dragon with a sword that's probably going to become the MC's sword once he becomes a real boy).

Definitely no need to get excited over a game that will likely never see an English version.

What if I know Japanese? ;)

Honestly, though, I'm on the fence about importing this. I feel that with Sega owning Atlus now this actually has a good shot at making it over. Also, the biggest thing holding back the more recent Shining games is that they were on the friggin PSP. Not an issue here.

I am a little disappointed by the move away from the Valkyria Chronicles-esque system to something more action-y, though.

Of course, now that I've said it, my inner pessimist is telling me that the whole Dragon MC is a smoke screen for the eventual typical JRPG idiot-hero harem-lead stealth-protagonist. Especially when I look at the "Dragon's" first and last name and think "Dragons typically don't have a first and last name." (also, its a dragon with a sword that's probably going to become the MC's sword once he becomes a real boy).

Don't say it, don't say it! Not the H-word! ;_;

Kouryuu could very well be some sort of title. That's what I'm choosing to believe: it's a title.

Of course, now that I've said it, my inner pessimist is telling me that the whole Dragon MC is a smoke screen for the eventual typical JRPG idiot-hero harem-lead stealth-protagonist. Especially when I look at the "Dragon's" first and last name and think "Dragons typically don't have a first and last name." (also, its a dragon with a sword that's probably going to become the MC's sword once he becomes a real boy).

Don't say it, don't say it! Not the H-word! ;_;

Kouryuu could very well be some sort of title. That's what I'm choosing to believe: it's a title.

Well, "kouryuu" written with those kanji literally means glimmering/shining/etc dragon. (Probably shining in this case...) In addition, the fact that it's written with kanji at all makes it very likely to be a title and not a first name. You just don't see names that mix kanji and kana like that.

Well, "kouryuu" written with those kanji literally means glimmering/shining/etc dragon. (Probably shining in this case...) In addition, the fact that it's written with kanji at all makes it very likely to be a title and not a first name. You just don't see names that mix kanji and kana like that.

Well, no, mixed kanji/hiragana names aren't uncommon at all. In fact on the contrary I would say that they're quite common. Mixing kanji with katakana (like was done here), on the other hand, is certainly uncommon but still not at the "you just don't see" level. There would generally have to be some sort of special reason for it.

I think a more convincing argument is that the dragon appears to have a very western-sounding given name ("Irvan") combined with something obviously Japanese (Kouryuu) and it's not like this is supposed to be a mixed-blood dragon or something...I'm not sure that would even make sense in the setting here, it's a seemingly western fantasy world. So it probably makes more sense to think of Kouryuu as a title.

Well, "kouryuu" written with those kanji literally means glimmering/shining/etc dragon. (Probably shining in this case...) In addition, the fact that it's written with kanji at all makes it very likely to be a title and not a first name. You just don't see names that mix kanji and kana like that.

Well, no, mixed kanji/hiragana names aren't uncommon at all. In fact on the contrary I would say that they're quite common. Mixing kanji with katakana (like was done here), on the other hand, is certainly uncommon but still not at the "you just don't see" level. There would generally have to be some sort of special reason for it.

I think a more convincing argument is that the dragon appears to have a very western-sounding given name ("Irvan") combined with something obviously Japanese (Kouryuu) and it's not like this is supposed to be a mixed-blood dragon or something...I'm not sure that would even make sense in the setting here, it's a seemingly western fantasy world. So it probably makes more sense to think of Kouryuu as a title.

Yeah, I misread the title when I initially posted my concerns.

That said, seeing Irvan's forehead sword with a hilt and everything alongside the other characters' weapons isn't helping matters at all (at best, it might just be this game's Ring Merging/Pulling Swords Out of Chests/etc. mechanic; at worst, there's going to be some human hands for that sword hilt).

Maybe it's two types of spears that were smithed (ie; bred) together to make the "Halbred".

Reviews on these games are typically mixed, no? I wonder if Team WildArms can change things up... Either way, things look quite lovely (and graphically, is it just me or does it look a TON like how the new Atelier games look?).

Most importantly, something was officially released in English regarding this so I guess that's some hope.

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